About 8.8 percent of the population in the U.S. will experience the pain of a kidney stone, according to a 2012 study published in European Urology. That adds up to about half a million people every year, or 1 in 10, and those numbers are rising, the National Kidney Foundation says. But what happens if you […]
Drs. Roosevelt Allen Jr., Carl C. Capelouto, Allen Futral, III, Lawrence M. Goldstone, Mark A. Haber, Andrew J. Kirsch, A. Keith Levinson, Scott D. Miller, Hal C. Scherz, Fred S. Shessel, Barry M. Zisholtz named by Atlanta magazine July 6, 2016 (Atlanta) — Eleven physicians from Georgia Urology — the largest urology practice in the […]
By Dr. Barry M. Zisholtz, M.D., F. A. C. S Kidney stones have been documented for thousands of years. They have been discovered in ancient Egyptian mummies, clearly well before we had the type of instrumentation and technology that we have in the 21st century. It is almost impossible to comprehend how ancient man dealt with something […]